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HEAD REST. No. 336,514. Patented Feb. 16, 1886.

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PHILIPP ENSLING, OF NORWVICH, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOlEIh STAMBLY, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming pant of Letters Patent No. 336,514, dated February 16,1886.

Application filed August- 12, 1885 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILTPP ENSLING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norwich, in the county of New London and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Head-Rests, which improvements are fully set forth and described in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved head-rest as it appears when properly applied to a pew. Fig. 2 is a detached front view of said head rest, considerably enlarged;

and Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line a: x of Fig. 2.

My invention relates to certain improvements in that class of head-rests which are attached to the back of pews, car-seats, benches,

&c.; and my chief object is to produce a device which, although simple in construction and cheaply produced,- may be quickly adjusted to fit pews having back-rails of different sizes.

Referring to the annexed drawings, the letter or represents a block of wood grooved longitudinally on its under side, and of sufficient length to form the core of my complete headrest.

I) represents an outer covering,of plush,velvet, or similar material, and c a stuffing, of hair or any other material suitable to form a durable and comfortable cushion. The outer covering, b, may be glued to the block a, or 5 may be secured to it by ornamental nails.

To attach the head-rest thus formed to a pew-back, I have provided a bow-spring, (2, whose upper curved portion is formed as an arc of a circle, considerably greater than the 0 circle of the longitudinal groove in block a, so that when first placed in position against said block it extends from side to side without (No model.)

touching its central portion. (See Fig. 3.) This bow-spring d, I secure to the head-rest by a screw, 6, passing upward through said spring into the wooden core a.

When it is desired to attach my device to a pew whose rail is of large diameter, the spring is left open, as in full :lines in Fig. 3; but should it become necessary to attach it to a rail of much less diameter, t-h'e screw e is screwed home, carrying with it spring r1,which movement brings the free ends of said spring closer together and causes them to clasp tightly the rail which they embrace.

With a construction such as I have shown and described a spring which has become weakened by long use may be brought back to its original stiffness by simply adjusting screw 6.

I am aware that head-rests have been made heretofore having a spring which clasps the back of the seat, as in the patent to \Veeden, No. 91,389, dated June 15, 1869; but, so far as I am acquainted with the state of the art, such 6 5 headrests have no positive means for adjusting said spring to backs of different sizes.

Having thus described myinvention, Iclaim as new and wish to secure by Letters Patent-- A head-rest of the class herein referred to, having the usual padded body portion, and having combined therewith and secured thereto a bowspring whose free ends are adapted to straddle and embrace a pew'back, as described, the bow portion of said spring being secured to the lower grooved edge of the body portion by an adjusting-screw, e, as described, so that the free ends of said spring may be adjusted to clasp the pew-back more firmly or to fit pew-backs of difi'erent sizes.

PHILIP]? ENSLING.

WVitnesses:

TYLER J. HOWARD, FRANK H. ALLEN. 

